R.I.P. It Is Never Too late
On December 17, 2014 a Judge Vacated the Murder conviction of Geroge Stinney. At age 14 years he was convicted in only 2 hours of murdering two young girls and the only evidence was that someone saw him and his sister talking to the girls at some point prior to their deaths.
Some people decry that it comes 70 years too late, I decry that it is never too late to correct our mistakes and accept responsibility for our actions. Forgive the Jurors and the flimsy witnesses, forgive the man who pulled the switch and ask the spirit of young Mr. Stinney to forgive us all for our ignorance.
George Stinney
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| George Stinney | |
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Stinney mug shot
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| Born | George Junius Stinney, Jr. 21 October 1929 Alcolu, South Carolina, United States |
| Died | 16 June 1944 (aged 14) Columbia, South Carolina, United States |
Criminal penalty
| Death by electric chair |
| Criminal status | executed (1944), conviction vacated (2014) |
| Conviction(s) | First-degree murder |
Stinney, an African-American youth from South Carolina, was convicted in a two-hour trial[2] of the first-degree murder of two pre-teen white girls: 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker, and 8-year-old Mary Emma Thames. However, no physical evidence existed in the case, and the sole evidence against Stinney was the circumstantial fact that the girls had spoken with Stinney and his sister shortly before their murder, and the testimony of three police officers that Stinney had confessed. He was executed by electric chair.
Since Stinney's conviction and execution, the question of his guilt, the validity of his confession, and the judicial process leading to his execution have been criticized as "suspicious at best and a miscarriage of justice at worst."[3]
On December 17, 2014, his conviction was posthumously vacated.[4][5]
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